Information Exposure Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.07-31.el7_6.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-2530718
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Oct 2018

Introduced: 15 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17961  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.07-31.el7_6.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-3834.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-cups package and not the ghostscript-cups package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.